Pasta Mummies

To prepare the pasta mummies, start by boiling the peas for about 4 minutes 1. Place a pot full of water on the stove, and bring it to a boil, it will be used for cooking the pasta. Before the peas are fully cooked, take a small ladle of the pea cooking water (about 1.4 oz) and set it aside in a small bowl 2. After the peas are cooked, drain them 3

and place them in a tall glass, add the olive oil 4 and the cooking water you set aside 5, blend the mixture with an immersion blender 6 to obtain a cream.

Adjust the salt 7 and set aside. Cook the mini bow-tie pasta, keeping them 3 minutes short of the indicated cooking time (about 6 minutes) 8. Cut the smoked cheese into medium-thick slices and make strips that can serve as "bandages" for our mummies 9.

Cut the olives in half to make the little eyes 10. Drain the mini bow-tie pasta, put them in a bowl, and dress with the pea pesto 11, flavor with the grated Parmigiano cheese 12.

Brush a muffin tin with oil 13, line the bottoms and sides of 8 molds with breadcrumbs 14, and fill them with about 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of pasta 15.

Place the olive slices on top of the pasta baskets to simulate the little eyes 16. Bake in a preheated oven at 390°F, for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, add the cheese strips not perfectly aligned to create the bandages 17 and bake again for just 2 minutes, the time for the cheese to melt. Once cooked, take your pasta mummies out of the oven and serve them hot 18.